§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINMay I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as Leader of the House, a question about business? There is a Motion down to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule. The programme before us to-day is very heavy, and, with the best will in the world to get through it, the Unemployment Insurance Bill must take a considerable time. I know that it is desired to get the first four Orders, and I wish to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 2160 whether he proposes to sit very late in the event of those Orders not being concluded? Perhaps, at the same time, he can tell me whether it is proposed to take more than one stage to-night of the London Naval Treaty Bill.
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENAs the right hon. Gentleman says, it is a rather heavy programme, but we are asking the House to get through it to-day, in order to facilitate the winding up of the Session by the end of the month. If that object is to be achieved—and regard must be paid to the convenience of another place—it will be necessary to dispose of the first four Orders to-day. I think the Prime Minister gave that information to the House yesterday. The fifth Order on the Paper is really not a Bill of this House, but a Bill I understand of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. They are very anxious, however, to get it as quickly as possible, and I am informed that it is really non-contentious. We should like therefore to get these Orders to-day. In regard to the Unemployment Insurance Bill, we had a very long discussion on the Money Resolution on Friday, when practically the whole of the sitting was devoted to it, and, while we have no desire whatever to restrict discussion upon it, I do not think the House will find it necessary to occupy a very long time upon this first Order. At any rate, we are very anxious—and indeed it is necessary if we are to rise at the end of the month—to get through this business to-day. On the other hand, we have no desire to keep the House sitting late. In regard to the London Naval Treaty Bill, the Prime Minister, I believe, intimated yesterday that all its stages might be taken to-day, but I do not press that proposal. I am not very well informed in regard to this matter.
§ Mr. BALDWINHow many stages will be taken?
§ Mr. SNOWDENWe will be satisfied with the one stage, the Second Reading.
Motion made, and Question put,
That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. P. Snowden.]
§ The House divided: Ayes, 263: Noes, 135.
2163| Division No. 455.] | AYES. | [3.48 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife, West) | Hamilton, Sir R. (Orkney & Zetland) | Muggeridge, H. T. |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Harris, Percy A. | Murnin, Hugh |
| Aitchison, Rt. Hon. Craigie M. | Haycock, A. W. | Nathan, Major H. L. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (Hillsbro') | Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Naylor, T. E. |
| Alpass, J. H. | Henderson, Thomas (Glasgow) | Noel-Buxton, Baroness (Norfolk, N.) |
| Arnott, John | Henderson, W. W. (Middx., Enfield) | Oldfield, J. R. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Herriotts, J. | Oliver, George Harold (Ilkeston) |
| Ayles, Walter | Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Oliver, P. M. (Man., Blackley) |
| Baker, John (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Hoffman, P. C. | Owen, H. F. (Hereford) |
| Baldwin, Oliver (Dudley) | Hollins, A. | Palin, John Henry |
| Barnes, Alfred John | Hopkin, Daniel | Paling, Wilfrid |
| Barr, James | Horrabin, J. F. | Palmer, E. T. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. Wedgwood | Hudson, James H. (Huddersfield) | Perry, S. F. |
| Bennett, Capt. Sir E. N. (Cardiff C.) | Hunter, Dr. Joseph | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. |
| Benson, G. | Hutchison, Maj..Gen. Sir R. | Phillips, Dr. Marion |
| Bentham, Dr. Ethel | Isaacs, George | Picton-Turbervill, Edith |
| Bevan, Aneurin (Ebbw Vale) | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) | Pole, Major D. G. |
| Bondfield, Rt. Hon. Margaret | Johnston, Thomas | Potts, John S. |
| Bowerman, Rt. Hon. Charles W. | Jones, F. Llewellyn. (Flint) | Price, M. P. |
| Broad, Francis Alfred | Jones, Rt. Hon. Leif (Camborne) | Pybus, Percy John |
| Bromfield, William | Jowett, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Ramsay, T. B. Wilson |
| Bromley, J. | Kelly, W. T. | Rathbone, Eleanor |
| Brooke, W. | Kennedy, Thomas | Raynes, W. R. |
| Brothers, M. | Kenworthy, Lt.-Com. Hon. Joseph M. | Richards, R. |
| Brown, C. W. E. (Notts. Mansfield) | Kinley, J. | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) |
| Brown, Ernest (Leith) | Kirkwood, D. | Riley, F. F. (Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. J. (South Ayrshire) | Knight, Holford | Ritson, J. |
| Brown, W. J. (Wolverhampton, West) | Lambert, Rt. Hon. George (S. Molton) | Romeril, H. G. |
| Buchanan, G. | Lang, Gordon | Rosbotham, D. S. T. |
| Burgess, F. G. | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. George | Rowson, Guy |
| Buxton, C. R. (Yorks. W. R. Elland) | Lathan, G. | Salter, Dr. Alfred |
| Cameron, A. G. | Law, Albert (Bolton) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Darwen) |
| Carter, W. (St. Pancras, S. W.) | Law, A. (Rosendale) | Sanders, W. S. |
| Charleton, H. C. | Lawrence, Susan | Sandham, E. |
| Chater, Daniel | Lawrie, Hugh Hartley (Stalybridge) | Sawyer, G. F. |
| Church, Major A. G. | Lawson, John James | Scrymgeour, E. |
| Clarke, J. S. | Lawther, W. (Barnard Castle) | Scurr, John |
| Clarke, J. S. | Lee, Jennie (Lanark, Northern) | Sexton, James |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lees, J. | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) |
| Cocks, Frederick Seymour | Lewis, T. (Southampton) | Shepherd, Arthur Lewis |
| Compton, Joseph | Lindley, Fred W. | Sherwood, G. H. |
| Cove, William G. | Lloyd, C. Ellis | Shield, George William |
| Cowan, D. M. | Logan, David Gilbert | Shield, Dr. Drummond |
| Daggar, George | Longbottom, A. W. | Shillaker, J. F. |
| Dalton, Hugh | Longden, F. | Shinwell, E. |
| Davies, E. C. (Montgomery) | Lovat-Fraser, J. A. | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) |
| Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Lowth, Thomas | Simmons, C. J. |
| Day, Harry | Lunn, William | Sinclair, Sir A. (Caithness) |
| Denman, Hon. R. D. | Macdonald, Gordon (Ince) | Sinkinson, George |
| Duncan, Charles | MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R. (Seaham) | Sitch, Charles H. |
| Ede, James Chuter | McElwee, A. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) |
| Edge, Sir William | McGovern, J. (Glasgow, Shettleston) | Smith, Frank (Nuneaton) |
| Edmunds, J. E. | McKinlay, A. | Smith, Tom (Pontefract) |
| Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) | MacLaren, Andrew | Smith, W. R. (Norwich) |
| Edwards, E. (Morpeth) | Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Snell, Harry |
| Egan, W. H. | Macpherson, Rt. Hon. James I. | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip |
| Elmley, Viscount | McShane, John James | Snowden, Thomas (Accrington) |
| England, Colonel A. | Malone, C. L'Estrenge (N'thampton) | Sorensen, R. |
| Foot, Isaac | Mander, Geoffrey le M. | Stamford, Thomas W. |
| Forgan, Dr. Robert | Mansfield, W. | Stephen, Campbell |
| Freeman, Peter | March, S. | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Gardner, B. W. (West Ham, Upton) | Marcus, M. | Strachey, E. J. St. Loe |
| Gardner, J. P. (Hammersmith, N.) | Markham, S. F. | Strauss, G. R. |
| George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) | Marley, J. | Sullivan, J. |
| Gibbins, Joseph | Marshall, Fred | Sutton, J. E. |
| Gibson, H. M. (Lancs, Mossley) | Mathers, George | Taylor, R. A. (Lincoln) |
| Gill, T. H. | Matters, L. W. | Taylor, W. B. (Norfolk, S. W.) |
| Gillett, George M. | Maxton, James | Thomas, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Derby) |
| Glassey, A. E. | Melville, Sir James | Thurtle, Ernest |
| Gossling, A. G. | Messer, Fred | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Gould, F. | Millar, J. D. | Tout, W. J. |
| Graham, D. M. (Lanark, Hamilton) | Mills, J. E. | Townend, A. E. |
| Granville, E. | Milner, Major J. | Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles |
| Gray, Milner | Montague, Frederick | Vaughan, D. J. |
| Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. (Colne) | Morley, Ralph | Viant, S. P. |
| Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) | Morris, Rhys Hopkins | Walker, J. |
| Griffiths, T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) | Morris-Jones, Dr. J. H. (Denbigh) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Groves, Thomas E. | Morrison, Herbert (Hackney, South) | Watkins, F. C. |
| Grundy, Thomas W. | Morrison, Robert C. (Tottenham, N.) | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) |
| Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) | Mort, D. L. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) | Moses, J. J. H. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon. Josiah |
| Hall, Capt. W. G. (Portsmouth, C.) | Mosley, Sir Oswald (Smethwick) | Wellock, Wilfred |
| Hamilton, Mary Agnes (Blackburn) | Muff, G. | Welsh, James (Paisley) |
| Welsh, James C. (Coatbridge) | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) | Wright, W. (Rutherglen) |
| Westwood, Joseph | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) | Young, R. S. (Islington, North) |
| White, H. G. | Wilson, J. (Oldham) | |
| Whiteley, Wilfrid (Birm., Ladywood) | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Wilkinson, Ellen C. | Winterton, G. E. (Leicester, Loughb'gh) | Mr. Allen Parkinson and Mr. |
| Williams, David (Swansea, East) | Wise, E. F. | William Whiteley. |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Eden, Captain Anthony | Nield, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert |
| Albery, Irving James | Edmondson, Major A. J. | O'Connor, T. J. |
| Allen, Sir J. Sandeman (Liverp'l., W.) | Elliot, Major Walter E. | Oman, Sir Charles William C. |
| Allen, Lt.-Col. Sir William (Armagh) | Erskine, Lord (Somerset, Weston-s.-M.) | Peake, Captain Osbert |
| Astor, Maj. Hon. John J. (Kent, Dover) | Everard, W. Lindsay | Penny, Sir George |
| Astor, Viscountess | Falle, Sir Bertram G. | Peto, Sir Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) |
| Atholl, Duchess of | Fielden, E. B. | Ramsbotham, H. |
| Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (Bewdley) | Forestier-Walker, Sir L. | Rawson, Sir Cooper |
| Balfour, Captain H. H. (I. of Thanet) | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Rentoul, Sir Gervais S. |
| Balniel, Lord | Ganzoni, Sir John | Richardson, Sir P. W. (Sur'y, Ch'te'y) |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Gibson, C. G. (Pudsey & Otley) | Roberts, Sir Samuel (Ecclesall) |
| Beaumont, M. W. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Rodd, Rt. Hon. Sir James Rennell |
| Berry, Sir George | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Ross, Major Ronald D. |
| Betterton, Sir Henry B. | Graham, Fergus (Cumberland, N.) | Russell, Alexander West (Tynemouth) |
| Bevan, S. J. (Holborn) | Gretton, Colonel Rt. Hon. John | Sandeman, Sir N. Stewart |
| Birchall, Major Sir John Dearman | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Sassoon, Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gunston, Captain D. W. | Savery, S. S. |
| Bowater, Col. Sir T. Vansittart | Hacking, Rt. Hon. Douglas H. | Shepperson, Sir Ernest Whittome |
| Bowyer, Captain Sir George E. W. | Hall, Lieut.-Col. Sir F. (Dulwich) | Sinclair, Col. T. (Queen's U., Belfast) |
| Boyce, H. L. | Hamilton, Sir George (Ilford) | Skelton, A. N. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) |
| Brown, Col. D. C. (N'th'l'd., Hexham) | Hartington, Marquess of | Smith-Carington, Neville W. |
| Brown, Brig.-Gen. H. C. (Berks, Newb'y) | Harvey, Major S. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Smithers, Waldron |
| Buchan, John | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Somerset, Thomas |
| Butler, R. A. | Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur P. | Somerville, A. A. (Windsor) |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Herbert, Sir Dennis (Hertford) | Somerville, D. G. (Willesden, East) |
| Cautley, Sir Henry S. | Hoare, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir S. J. G. | Southby, Commander A. R. J. |
| Cayzer, Sir C. (Chester, City) | Howard-Bury, Colonel C. K. | Stanley, Maj. Hon. O. (W'morland) |
| Cayzer, Maj. Sir Herbt. R. (Prtsmth, S.) | Hurst, Sir Gerald B. | Stewart, W. J. (Belfast, South) |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. Sir J. A. (Birm., W.) | Iveagh, Countess of | Sueter, Rear-Admiral M. F. |
| Chapman, Sir S. | King, Commodore Rt. Hon. Henry D. | Thomas, Major L. B. (King's Norton) |
| Christie, J. A. | Knox, Sir Alfred | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of |
| Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer | Lamb, Sir J. O. | Train, J. |
| Cohen, Major J. Brunel | Law, Sir Alfred (Derby, High Peak) | Vaughan-Morgan, Sir Kenyon |
| Colfox, Major William Philip | Locker-Lampson, Rt. Hon. Godfrey | Wallace, Capt. D. E. (Hornsey) |
| Colman, N. C. D. | Lymington, Viscount | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Lambert |
| Courtauld, Major J. S. | Makins, Brigadier-General E. | Wardlaw-Milne, J. S. |
| Crichton-Stuart, Lord C. | Marjoribanks, E. C. | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Cranborne, Viscount | Meller, R. J. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Crookshank, Capt. H. C. | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Wilson, G. H. A. (Cambridge U.) |
| Culverwell, C. T. (Bristol, West) | Mitchell-Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. | Windsor Clive, Lieut.-Colonel George |
| Cunliffe-Lister, Rt. Hon Sir Philip | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. Sir B. | Winterton, Rt. Hon. Earl |
| Davies, Dr. Vernon | Moore, Sir Newton J. (Richmond) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Morrison-Bell, Sir Arthur Clive | |
| Davison, Sir W. H. (Kensington, S.) | Mulrhead, A. J. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Dugdale, Capt. T. L. | Nicholson, Col. Rt. Hn. W. G. (Ptrsf'ld) | Major Sir George Hennessy and |
| Sir Frederick Thomson. |